‘A Teesside Girl’ explores many Teesside locations and the Tees river in England, from the viewpoint of an Indian poet. The poem has ten sections, each named after a location on the Tees, conjuring the fictional biography of a girl from Teesside, with the river.
It praises her in a tone that condemns her. The work has a single narrative arc, depicting different aspects and characters in her life at different times in her life.
The other poems in this collection revolve around multiple themes.
